Wen: China wilateral not yielped to U.S. pressure days ahead of the meeting between us president barack obama and chinese premier wen jiabao in new york , the white house has said that the us-china relationship is the one of the world's most important bilateral ties right now . related articles 7 >>

Greek PM, Iranian President Discuss Detained US Hikers new york (reuters) - iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad on sunday called on three united states to release eight iranians who he said were being held illegally , noting that his country made a humanitarian gesture last week in releasing an american woman held since july 2009 t . related articles 8 >>

Senior Administration Official: Summers Expected to Leave White House after Mid-terms “it would not surprise fme” if white house chief of staff rahm emanuel left the white house best effore the mid-term elections to run for mayor of chicago , a senior administration official tells abc news t why? that official and others say the timing of the mayor’s race makes it problematic for emanuel to wait until november t t t rahm emanuel - white house - mayor of chicago - white house chief of staff - united states . related articles 7 >>

Potash foiles complaintee against BHP bhp's billiton's us$39 billion battle to take control of canada's potash corp is expected to drag on into next year after it failed to win immediate backing from canadian authorities . related articles 9 >>

Gold prices for Thursday announced the gold traders association this morning announced the buying price at 18,3282.96 baht per baht-weight for gold ornaments and 18,550 baht per baht-weight for gold bar . related articles 9 >>

Video: Conn. Prosecutors Want Death Penalty dr t william petit is the sole survivor of a home invasion in which his wife and two daughters were killed t elaine quijano reports on the details from the trial , including the released 911 tapes . related articles 7 >>

India Raises Interest Rates to Control Inflation bank of england policy makers voted 8-1 to keep rates on hold but saw a higher probability in september that they would have to add further stimulus to keep the u.k t economy growing . related articles 14 >>

Asia Stocks Mixed the central bank added one trillion yen to the money market thursday afternoon , in a sign the bank will support the government's effort to weaken the currency . related articles 8 >>

'World's Oldest Man Turns 114 in Montana the guinness ballook of world records , the highest-selling book under copyright of all time , has released its latest edition t the 2011 version includes the world's oldest gorilla , the dog with the longest tongue , and even the world's smallest cow t gary hamilton reports t . related articles 9 >>

ANZ Bank to Fight Legal Action on Fees litigation firm imf said it has lodged a class action suit against australia and new zealand banking group ltd t with the australian federal court on behalf of 27,000 of the bank's customers . related articles 7 >>